Saturday, February 11, 2012

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Elizabeth Roberts

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Natural Foods Chef / Author / IBD Patient

Being Prepared for an IBD Flare

A friend that I chat with on another web site mentioned that she was having her first Ulcerative Colitis (UC) flare-up in a couple of years and she couldn't figure out why. After some prodding and questioning from fellow chatters it was discovered that she had been taking NSAID's (Aleve, I think) for a couple of weeks to treat an aching... Read moreChevron
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Nutritionist

IBD Nutritional Therapy Not Working? Non-compliance or Nuturitional Genomics?

If you've ever been accused of being non-compliant with your nutritional therapy because it just didn't work, you are not alone.  Many patients report compliance with out success.  While some of those may actually be "cheating" on their diets so-to-speak there are others who may be falling prey to their own genetic make up. ... Read moreChevron
posted 06/02/2010, comments (0)|
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Bowel Problems During Remission Not Likely IBS

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients in remission who blame their recurring symptoms on another GI disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) might need a second look.  IBS can have similar symptoms to IBD but it does not cause the inflammation and damage that IBD does.  A research study conducted on IBD patients who were thought to be... Read moreChevron
posted 05/12/2010, comments (0)|
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Natural Foods Chef / Author / IBD Patient

IBD & IBS: To Exercise or Not?

  This might sound like an odd question. But, if you have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) this can be an important question without a definitive answer.   If you read my Shareposts regularly, then you've probably figured out that there is no one right answer for all IBD or IBS sufferers' symptoms.... Read moreChevron
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IBD meals made easy with the Gut Friendly Gourmet

One of the questions I get CONSTANTLY when talking with people dealing with IBD is "What CAN I eat?". Most know what they can't eat because they've learned that lesson the hard way but developing a menu of things that will be safe for their systems... well, that is a seemingly daunting task.   Erika faced the same challenge when she... Read moreChevron
posted 02/23/2010, comments (0)|

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